Edo Wiemken monument

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Edo Wiemken monument in Jever
The cenotaph
The pillars hope (center) and justice (right)

The Edo Wiemken Monument is a tomb for Edo Wiemken the Younger , the last male ruler of the Jever reign, created between 1561 and 1564 . The listed tomb is in the Evangelical Lutheran town church on the church square in Jever and is owned by the State of Lower Saxony .

history

The Edo Wiemken monument is in the historic choir of the town church of Jever, which Edo Wiemken's daughter Maria von Jever had converted into a burial chapel so that the tomb for her father could be built there from 1561 to 1564. The tomb created by Heinrich Hagart is an important testimony to Dutch architecture and carving of the Renaissance . Hagart was a student of Cornelis Floris II , a well-known Antwerp architect and sculptor, whose so-called Floris style was spread by his students and successors not only in the Netherlands, but also to Denmark and over the coastal countries of the Baltic Sea, northern Germany, and far into southern Germany .

The tomb survived two fires in the town church in 1728 and 1959, as it was previously not directly accessible, but was located behind a closed stone wall. The stone wall acted like a fire wall and both times saved the monument from the flames.

When the town church was rebuilt from 1962 to 1964, the former choir was incorporated into the new church building by placing the new church building in front of the old choir section and replacing the original stone wall with a glass partition so that the tomb can be seen today during the opening times of the town church.

In 2011, the Edo-Wiemken monument was 450 years old and after this long time is waiting for an urgent renovation. The tomb now shows cracks in the alabaster figures , crumbling wood, rusty metal anchors and sagging over the crypt . Another problem is the dampness in the old choir room. The cost of the renovation is estimated at around EUR 800,000. Alternatively, a transfer of the usage rights from the state to the Zweckverband Schlossmuseum is conceivable, because then the Zweckverband could apply for funding from the European Union .

description

The tomb consists of a white marble -made sarcophagus with rich ornaments, surrounded by a large, octagonal two-story canopy is made of wood. The larger than life figure of Chief Edo Wiemken the Younger in his armor lies on the sarcophagus standing on lion's feet. The whole thing is carried by several female column figures, so-called caryatids . The figures symbolize justice , wisdom , hope , love , peace and war . The sarcophagus does not contain the mortal remains of Edo Wiemken, but is actually a cenotaph . The chief's remains were buried in a chamber under the tomb.

Sightseeing

The tomb can be viewed through a glass partition during the opening times of the city church. The Evangelical Lutheran parish of Jever offers free expert tours of the town church and the Edo-Wiemken monument every 1st and 3rd Thursday of the month.

literature

  • Carl Ahmels: About the Renaissance art monuments under Maria von Jever and their creation. In: Oldenburg Yearbook for Archeology and Regional History, Art and Applied Arts 1916/17. Oldenburger Verein für Altertumskunde und Landesgeschichte (ed.), Printed and published by Gerhard Stalling , Oldenburg i. O. 1916, p. 249 ff. ( Digital library , accessed on March 15, 2019).
  • Hans Saebens, Christel Matthias Schröder : The churches of Jeverland. Verlag CL Mettcker & Sons, Jever 1956, pp. 12, 26 f.
  • Günter Müller: The old churches and bell towers of the Oldenburger Land. Kayser-Verlag, Oldenburg 1983, p. 84 ff.
  • Bernhard Schönbohm, Enno Schönbohm (arr.): The town church and St. Anne's chapel in Jever. No. 227 in the DKV Art Guide series. Deutscher Kunstverlag, Berlin / Munich 2007 (8th edition), ISBN 978-3-422-02043-6 , p. 8 ff.
  • Christoph Hinz: Grotesques and owls on ancient columns. In: Jeversches Wochenblatt . February 2, 2018, p. 2.

Web links

Commons : Edo-Wiemken-Monument  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b nwz-online: Waiting for mail from Hanover ( memento of October 14, 2011 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on August 20, 2012.
  2. ↑ Floris, Cornelis II . In: Ulrich Thieme (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists from Antiquity to the Present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 12 : Fiori-Fyt . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1916, p. 123 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
  3. ↑ Evangelical Lutheran parish Jever: Portals , accessed on August 28, 2012.
  4. Jump up ↑ Jever town church - notice board in the anteroom to the tomb.
  5. ↑ Stadtkirche and Edo-Wiemken-Monument , accessed on March 15, 2019.

Coordinates: 53 ° 34 '25.6 "  N , 7 ° 54' 3.7"  E